De Pink

Banished the pink for a bit what do you think of the job

nice job still think the pink looked better:p

How did you de-pink the plastic?

great job i had mine mopped last month and it came up well exept the door handles, but i didn't go too mad as i dont think there's much paint left on them

Nice job, but why you let your car get in that state in the first place, i know red fades but would it not have taken a couple of years for to get to that state? unless you just got her that is

Banished the pink for a bit what do you think of the job

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my door handles look just like that! (the pink unfortunately )

what did you do to get them red again mate?

Yup, id like to know hoe you did this as well.

I'd guess T-Cut? When I put T-Cut on mine it brings it out brighter - but then mine are white

yep....T-cut is all you need oh and some elbow greace

Nice job, but why you let your car get in that state in the first place, i know red fades but would it not have taken a couple of years for to get to that state? unless you just got her that is

I didn't, I've only had the car a couple of months so I'm just catching up on the work the previous owner should have done.

As to how it was done - it's a respray - because they had got that bad there was no paint left to tcut so it had to be a respray

Not an expert but T-cut will make it worse in the long run as it has ammonia in it (bleach).

I done our Carina with G3 when the paint faded as recommended by my bodyshop guys.

Paul

i did my runaround (flat red polo) with G3 then red colour magic, the colour lasted for months without even washing it. thinking of giving it a wash soon and itll come nice and red again then! it was very chalky / white before the G3. left loadsa swirls though!

T-Cut a red golf once came out mint only prob was it was still erroding months later, eventually was worse than ever. The End

i did my runaround (flat red polo) with G3 then red colour magic, the colour lasted for months without even washing it. thinking of giving it a wash soon and itll come nice and red again then! it was very chalky / white before the G3. left loadsa swirls though!

Best to keep wetting the G3 as it can be a bit course as it dries to a paste. Also cut with a finer compound afterwards to get rid of any swirls.

Perhaps a coat of clear afterwards would protect it??

Don't use T-cut.... doesn't break down properly and you risk going through the paint...

After using G3, you should use a much finer polishing compound to remove the swirls it induces... Something like a G10 or a poorboy's SSR2.5 which will get rid of all the swirls and scratches. And then a good wax and seal it in, if you don't put a good wax on it after mopping you will leave the new paint exposed and it will discolour quicker.